Key Improvement Strategies and Significant Projects
What (Actions) the activities and programs required to progress the key improvement strategies
How (Resources) the budget, equipment, IT’ learning time, learning space
Who the individuals or teams responsible for implementation
When the date, week, month or term for completion
Achievement milestones the changes in practice or behaviours
To improve the Teaching and Learning Environment Student Learning - Literacy
Develop teacher undestanding of the VELS Continuum
Include coach for Literacy 3-6
Include coach for Literacy cocrdinator to imbed practice
Curriculum coordinator to set accountability time lines.
Set up new areas of accountability with coordinators
Work with each coordinator in Weeks 3 &9 of each term to monitor Teachers participate in an in-depth analysis of the English continuum
Audit all Literacy resources and buy where necessary
Set up Accelerated reader to motivate practice of reading
Set up new reading at home regime. Home reading program
Add rhythm, rhyme and song as additional components to the reading program
Continued use of 2hr Literacy block
Incorporate Japanese reading into the 2 hour Literacy block twice a week in Prep -2.
Structure ongoing assessment to monitor student improvement
Premier's reading XChallenge and Scholastic bookfair to highlight the reading focus.
newsletter articles from parents with interesting stories about practices at home
Teachers do and understand the NAPLAN requirements for students by Yera 3 &5
Explicit teaching
Create timetable to faciliatate coaching sessions
provide coaching space
Allocate at least one literacy block per teacher and APT for discussion and review.
Using PD meeting on Wednesday engaging the whole staff in activities relating to the continuum
Set the budget to reflect literacy needs
\Sarah and Victoria to learn on line capabilities
Paul and sarah to establish strong and motivating practice structures
Amy and Victoria implement 4 books per week policy and inform parents how to participate
There is a strong connection between reading aquisition and music
Set up information sessions with parents about how literacy development is enhanced by bilingual program
Collect data, individual interviews, graph of individual improvement in reading- running records, concepts about print.
Develop an excell spreadsheet to go into assessment plan
All classes enrol and maintain data on books read
Parents approached to write their own stories
teachers work through test requirements, unpacking criteria tested,
Plan for explicit teaching with particular emphasis on guided and reciprocal reading
Coach and Literacy Coordinator
use The many japanese parents to support this program and give time for the teacher to work 1to 1 with guided reading group and individual reading assessment
Set up reward system for home reading
8 hrs per week
Every fortnight or 4 per term
For one year
Tuesday ansd Wednesday week 1.
Wednesday week 2
Improve students well-being and develop sense of self and work ethic
Review of Student Welfare & Discipline Policy and develop consistent practice
Education Meetings
All staff
end of term 1
To improve number of local student enrolment
To develop a Literacy Action Plan to maintain and improve Literacy skills (Reading)
(Actions)
the activities and programs required to progress the key improvement strategies
(Resources)
the budget, equipment, IT’ learning time, learning space
the individuals or teams responsible for implementation
the date, week, month or term for completion
the changes in practice or behaviours
Student Learning - Literacy
Develop teacher undestanding of the VELS Continuum
Include coach for Literacy cocrdinator to imbed practice
Curriculum coordinator to set accountability time lines.
Set up new areas of accountability with coordinators
Work with each coordinator in Weeks 3 &9 of each term to monitor
Teachers participate in an in-depth analysis of the English continuum
Audit all Literacy resources and buy where necessary
Set up Accelerated reader to motivate practice of reading
Set up new reading at home regime. Home reading program
Add rhythm, rhyme and song as additional components to the reading program
Continued use of 2hr Literacy block
Incorporate Japanese reading into the 2 hour Literacy block twice a week in Prep -2.
Structure ongoing assessment to monitor student improvement
Premier's reading XChallenge and Scholastic bookfair to highlight the reading focus.
newsletter articles from parents with interesting stories about practices at home
Teachers do and understand the NAPLAN requirements for students by Yera 3 &5
Explicit teaching
provide coaching space
Allocate at least one literacy block per teacher and APT for discussion and review.
Using PD meeting on Wednesday engaging the whole staff in activities relating to the continuum
Set the budget to reflect literacy needs
\Sarah and Victoria to learn on line capabilities
Paul and sarah to establish strong and motivating practice structures
Amy and Victoria implement 4 books per week policy and inform parents how to participate
There is a strong connection between reading aquisition and music
Set up information sessions with parents about how literacy development is enhanced by bilingual program
Collect data, individual interviews, graph of individual improvement in reading- running records, concepts about print.
Develop an excell spreadsheet to go into assessment plan
All classes enrol and maintain data on books read
Parents approached to write their own stories
teachers work through test requirements, unpacking criteria tested,
Plan for explicit teaching with particular emphasis on guided and reciprocal reading
Coach and Literacy Coordinator
use The many japanese parents to support this program and give time for the teacher to work 1to 1 with guided reading group and individual reading assessment
Set up reward system for home reading
8 hrs per week
Every fortnight or 4 per term
For one year
Tuesday ansd Wednesday week 1.
Wednesday week 2
Review of Student Welfare & Discipline Policy and develop consistent practice
Education Meetings
All staff
end of term 1